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/></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Khadka" title="Deepak Khadka">Deepak Khadka</a><br /></div>since 15 July 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Energy,_Water_Resources_and_Irrigation" title="Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation">Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honourable" class="mw-redirect" title="Honourable">Honourable</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Nepal" title="Council of Ministers of Nepal">Council of Ministers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Prime Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Parliament_of_Nepal" title="Federal Parliament of Nepal">Parliament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Singha_Durbar" title="Singha Durbar">Singha Durbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Prime Minister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nepal" title="President of Nepal">President</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No fixed term</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data">Minister of Energy<br />Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</b> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाइ मन्त्री) is the head of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Energy,_Water_Resources_and_Irrigation" title="Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation">Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the senior-most officers in the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Nepal" title="Council of Ministers of Nepal">Federal Cabinet</a>, the minister is responsible for formulating and promoting policies related to water resources, energy and irrigation in the country. The Minister is assisted by the <b>Minister of State for Water Resources, Energy, and Irrigation</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the junior <b>Deputy Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current minister is <a href="/wiki/Deepak_Khadka" title="Deepak Khadka">Deepak Khadka</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who took office on 15 July 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_former_ministers">List of former ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Energy,_Water_Resources_and_Irrigation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of former ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="280px" colspan="2"># </th> <th width="280px">Name </th> <th width="280px" colspan="3">Took of office </th> <th width="280px" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th> <th width="280px">Minister's Party </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td style="background-color: #CA0000"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barsaman_Pun" title="Barsaman Pun">Barsaman Pun</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">16 March 2018 </td> <td rowspan="2">20 December 2020 </td> <th rowspan="2">1,010 </th> <td rowspan="6" style="background-color: #ff2e17"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CPN_(Maoist_Centre)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (Maoist Centre)">CPN (MC)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DD232C"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Communist_Party" title="Nepal Communist Party">NCP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Top_Bahadur_Rayamajhi" title="Top Bahadur Rayamajhi">Top Bahadur Rayamajhi</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">25 December 2020 </td> <td rowspan="2">20 May 2021 </td> <th rowspan="2">146 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #CA0000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CPN_(Maoist_Centre)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (Maoist Centre)">CPN (MC)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="background-color: #F8F9FA"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharat_Singh_Bhandari" title="Sharat Singh Bhandari">Sharat Singh Bhandari</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>4 June 2021 </td> <td>22 June 2021 </td> <th>18 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Party,_Nepal_(2020)" title="People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)">PSP–Nepal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="background-color: #ff2e17"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishnu_Prasad_Paudel" title="Bishnu Prasad Paudel">Bishnu Prasad Paudel</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 June 2021 </td> <td>12 July 2021 </td> <th>18 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/CPN_(UML)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (UML)">CPN (UML)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #CA0000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pampha_Bhusal" title="Pampha Bhusal">Pampha Bhusal</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>13 July 2021 </td> <td>26 December 2022 </td> <th>531 </th> <td style="background-color: #0a8e45"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/CPN_(Maoist_Centre)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (Maoist Centre)">CPN (MC)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>26 December 2022 </td> <td>17 January 2023 </td> <th>22 </th> <td rowspan="6" style="background-color: #CA0000"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="background-color: gold"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>17 January 2023 </td> <td>25 February 2023 </td> <th>39 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color: #CA0000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>25 February 2023 </td> <td>31 March 2023 </td> <th>34 </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/CPN_(Maoist_Centre)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (Maoist Centre)">CPN (MC)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakti_Bahadur_Basnet" title="Shakti Bahadur Basnet">Shakti Bahadur Basnet</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>31 March 2023 </td> <td>4 March 2024 </td> <th>339 </th></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>4 March 2023 </td> <td>6 March 2023 </td> <th>2 </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakti_Bahadur_Basnet" title="Shakti Bahadur Basnet">Shakti Bahadur Basnet</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6 March 2024 </td> <td>15 July 2024 </td> <th>131 </th></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="background-color: #0a8e45"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Khadka" title="Deepak Khadka">Deepak Khadka</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>15 July 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <th>257 </th> <td style="background-color: #ff2e17"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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